Auguste RODIN
( 1840 - 1917 )
SAINT JEAN-BAPTISTE
Salon in 1880 (Plaster, orginal size) (1878)
Reduction n° 3
Bronze, richly dark brown patina
H: 19,6 cm L. 12,5 cm D. 5,3 cm
Lifetime cast signed «Rodin», old cast and edition by Thiébaut with the engraved mark «Thiebaut frères, Fumière et Gavignot Successeurs» (purchase of the funds and Thiébaut rights by Fumière et Gavignot in 1898), edition of 4 examples, this one probably the first, maybe the second, cast in 1899 (prime account from February 4th to December 9th 1899), stamped «200» under (Sale price 200 frs ?) and engraved «4» (number of casts ?)
Cast in 1899
Provenance : Sotheby’s Sale New-York (October 6th 1989), former Knoedler and Co Collection.
Reduction n° 3
Bronze, richly dark brown patina
H: 19,6 cm L. 12,5 cm D. 5,3 cm
Lifetime cast signed «Rodin», old cast and edition by Thiébaut with the engraved mark «Thiebaut frères, Fumière et Gavignot Successeurs» (purchase of the funds and Thiébaut rights by Fumière et Gavignot in 1898), edition of 4 examples, this one probably the first, maybe the second, cast in 1899 (prime account from February 4th to December 9th 1899), stamped «200» under (Sale price 200 frs ?) and engraved «4» (number of casts ?)
Cast in 1899
Provenance : Sotheby’s Sale New-York (October 6th 1989), former Knoedler and Co Collection.
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